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17 Mar 2010 |
Wageningen UR presents gene bank of wheat-ravaging fungus to Global Rust Reference Centre
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| Scientists of the Plant Sciences Group of Wageningen UR have presented their unique gene bank of the ravaging stripe rust fungus Puccinia striiformis f.sp.tritici to the Global Rust Reference Centre... more |
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15 Mar 2010 |
Plant Sciences Group active in European phytoplasma research
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| Scientists of the Plant Sciences Group of Wageningen UR represent the Netherlands in the European COST action of Integrated Management of Phytoplasma Epidemics in Different Crop Systems. This COST... more |
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14 Mar 2010 |
PHEROBANK develops dispenser against pistachio moth in Iran
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| The pistachio twig borer Kermania pistaciella is one of the major pests in pistachio plantations. The moth causes considerable damage in pistachio cultivation in Iran and Turkey.PHEROBANK of Plant... more |
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11 Mar 2010 |
Wageningen UR develops cost-saving technology for seed research
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| Scientists from the Plant Sciences Group of Wageningen UR have developed a system for the automated evaluation of the germination capacity of large quantities of seed samples., Details of the system,... more |
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10 Mar 2010 |
Transgenetic and cisgenetic potatoes coming closer
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| The European Commission has given the go-ahead to member countries to cultivate the genetically modified Amflora potato of chemical company BASF. This is a big step forward, says Anton Haverkort of... more |
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2 Mar 2010 |
Oviposition behaviour of pest insects keeps Bt-cotton durably resistant
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| Moths behave like Darwin’s finches
The oviposition behaviour of insect pests results in an improved durability of insect resistance in so-called Bt-crops, while promoting the survival of pest... more |
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5 Feb 2010 |
New edition e-newsletter Plant Life
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| Plant Research International is a part of the Plant Sciences Group of Wageningen UR. "Plant Life" is the e-newsletter of the Plant Sciences Group. With this newsletter we present you some of the news... more |
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4 Feb 2010 |
New, practical flyers on late blight control available
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| Late blight in potato, caused by Phytophthora infestans, is still one of the largest threats to potato cultivation. Not only in the Netherlands, but worldwide. The Potato Case Study team of the EU... more |
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2 Feb 2010 |
Successful final Pepeira conference
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| Friday 22 January 2010 more than 70 interested and involved visitors attended the final meeting 'Pepino mosaic virus; The European perspective' in Wageningen, the Netherlands. This meeting was... more |
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29 Jan 2010 |
New DNA test by Wageningen UR detects global threat to banana cultivation
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| Scientists from the Plant Sciences Group of Wageningen UR in the Netherlands and the Brazilian research organisation Embrapa have developed a rapid DNA diagnostic to test banana plants for the... more |
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21 Jan 2010 |
Conquering Asia with the pink tomato
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| Plant Research International has discovered the gene that makes tomatoes pink. Plant breeding companies are showing a great deal of interest in this gene; they are hoping to use it to conquer the... more |
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14 Dec 2009 |
Organic sector benefits from better communication on the food safety risks of organic products
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| Scientists from Wageningen UR Livestock Research and Plant Research International (both part of Wageningen University and Research Centre) are advocating better communication on the possible food... more |
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30 Nov 2009 |
Intensive fungicide use may lead to azole resistance in humans
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| A team of scientists from the Netherlands, including Gert Kema of Plant Research International, published an article in the Lancet Infectious Diseases about the relationship between fungicide use in... more |
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26 Nov 2009 |
QBOL project publishes lists with sampled species of quarantine organisms
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| QBOL is generating barcode sequences for quarantine species and closely related species (look alikes). These barcode sequences will be collected in central and public databases. As a first step QBOL... more |
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2 Nov 2009 |
Higher carbon content of the soil increases yield
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| "Increasing the carbon content of the soil increases yields." This is the conclusion of Steven Groot, Research Coordinator Organic Propagation Material at Plant Research International, after the... more |
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22 Oct 2009 |
Wageningen UR involved in research slippery rails
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| The chair groups Plant Physiology and Mathematical and Statistical Methods (Biometris) of Wageningen University have for four years been involved in research into slippery train rails in the... more |
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23 Sep 2009 |
Potato Genome Sequence Released by International Group of Scientists
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| The Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium (PGSC), an international group of scientists has announced that it has released the first draft sequence of the potato genome. The PGSC started work on the... more |